Depends on the environment. Some people save energy running at 85F because they don't have to use energy to cool the grow environment down like you would with HPS.
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Depends on the environment. Some people save energy running at 85F because they don't have to use energy to cool the grow environment down like you would with HPS.
Yes, I am aware of the shade avoidance theory. I've done my research. Depending on the phase of the grow cycle and the specific plant genetics, inter-nodal elongation isn't always a bad thing. In fact if you time it right, it can equal increased yield. I wonder what wavelength for far red you are suggesting, if it's not 730nm. Personally I ran my 730nm for the first half of the flowering cycle, and didn't have undesired elongation. I did switch to only far red at start/end of day, for the second half of floweriung cycle, to avoid fluffy buds.
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My bad, reread my comment and didnt realize it came off as condescending,so I apologize. And I think really any fr wavelength outside of 730 would be better for growth. Im pretty interested that you didnt notice much stretch though. Are you running a light that has 660 nm red supplementation as well?
Yeah I run a LED lamp with 3500k white diodes plus 630nm and 660nm reds. Admittedly this is the my first run with this strain, but here they were at 28 days flowering, when I stopped far red during the whole lights on cycle..
This is the spectrum of my main lighting:
